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A2209 crash in Lewisham on 25 December 2018 at 00:01 involving a Seat Alhambra taxi

A Seat Alhambra taxi and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A2209 in Lewisham at 00:01 on Tuesday 25 December 2018. The 56-year-old male driver of the Seat Alhambra taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 2018
Tuesday, 00:01
Vehicles
2
Seat Alhambra and BMW 1 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47627, longitude -0.02276, in the SE8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lewisham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Deptford, Lewisham, SE14 6FQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Lewisham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018010154485
Council area
Lewisham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
2209
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Alhambra

    Taxi or private hire car

    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018010154485 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Lewisham road accident statistics for 2018.